His team has been trying to defuse the controversy for 24 hours. Donald Trump’s energy secretary is in the midst of a storm after a huge blunder during a speech at the inauguration of a new pipeline project in Pennsylvania.
Chris Wright seems to have embarked on a complicated turn of phrase, suggesting that the United States “seems to be going in the wrong direction.” “Just because we appear to be going in the wrong direction does not mean that is the direction we are taking,” the secretary of state said, according to the French transcript of his speech.
A second mistake in a month
The phrase, taken out of context and shared directly on social media, was attempted to be camouflaged by his team. The Ministry of Energy published excerpts from Chris Wright’s speech that did not contain the comment about the “wrong direction.”
The Ministry of Energy’s spokesperson was forced to deny any deliberate editing on YouTube, arguing a “standard edit.” “The secretary was referring to the wrong direction the country was taking under the administration of Joe Biden and other democratic leaders,” the spokesperson assured regarding the famous phrase.
This gaffe comes a month after another mistake by Chris Wright. The 61-year-old politician had shared a false video on social media claiming that the American navy had helped a tanker cross the Strait of Hormuz. The video was quickly removed and the authorities attributed the error to Wright’s team.
